but warned that many residential areas were badly damaged or destroyed. our correspondentjoe inwood has the latest from lviv. a parting gift from russian forces in retreat. this used to be the palace of culture in a small town on the outskirts of kharkiv. translation: we were hit by rockets. three floors were breached. as you can see, the palace of culture is almost completely destroyed. it has nothing to do with military infrastructure. it s a civilian facility. it s a scene replicated right across ukraine s second city, much of which has been reduced to rubble. but kharkiv is known as a fortress city. in this invasion, it has earned that name. its defenders have resisted, and now repelled the russians. the battle for kharkiv, it seems, has been won. it s a very different story from that of mariupol, where russia seems confident enough of the victory to be redeploying troops to the donbas region. the ukrainian government says it wants to arm a million men for what is increas
its defenders have resisted, and now repelled the russians. the battle for kharkiv, it seems, has been won. it s a very different story from that of mariupol, where russia seems confident enough of the victory to be redeploying troops to the donbas region. the ukrainian government says it wants to arm a million men for what is increasingly looking like a long fight. translation: today nobody cani predict how long this war will last but we are doing everything in order to free our land as soon as possible. this is our priority. every day to work towards making the war shorter. however, it doesn t depend only on our people, u nfortu nately. any diplomatic solutions will depend on russia, who today released these pictures showing their troops on the offensive. their top diplomat was also in combative mood. translation: the eu has turned from a constructive economic - platform, as it was created, into an aggressive militant player which is already